Sec. 72.002.  EFFECT ON JUDICIAL DISCRETION.  This chapter or a rule adopted by the supreme court under Section 74.024 does not authorize an infringement of the judicial discretion of a judge in the trying of a case properly before his court.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.84(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.